PELT, PELTING
NOUNS
► BALLING a pelting → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► COOL WASH ► COUL WASH a pelting with stones → 2003 Dominica sl.
VERBS
► BALL to pelt, to throw at → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BATTER to pelt with stones → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BETHWACK to pelt, to thrash, to cudgel soundly → 1555
► BICKER to pelt with stones → 1827 Sc.
► CAIL to pelt, to throw → 1781 Eng. dial.
► MOB to pelt; to beat a delinquent schoolboy with caps, etc. → 1889
► MOBBLE to pelt with stones → 1865
► PATCH to pelt with eggs → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► POP to pelt, to strike with a missile → 1894 Sc.
► SCAGE to pelt, to throw stones → 1897 Eng. dial.
► SCALE ► SKAIL to pelt; to throw stones at → 1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCOUT to pelt, to throw dirt or stones at → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TO-BONE ► TO-BUNE to pelt, to beat severely → 1250 obs.
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